Tire mounting or dismounting machine



G. D. BANTA. .m'E MOUNTING 0R DISMOUNTING MACHINE.

APPLlCATION FILED JULY I4. 1919.

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TIRE MOUNTING OR DISMOUNTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1919.

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GEORGE D BAN'TA, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TIRE MOUNTING OR DISMOUNTING MACHTNE.

I Application filed July 14,1919. Serial No. 310,679.

.members it is an extremely difiicult Operation to place a tire having such a filler member on a rim and it is almost as diflicult to remove the same. At present, it is practically impossible to mount or. dismount such a tire,

relative to a rim, without the aid of a machine, and-my invention relates to a novel machine that may be employed for' expeditiously and economically mounting and dismounting a tire relative to its rim.

My invention aims to provide amachine of the above character that may be operated by hand or motive power for properly placing a tire on its rim or stripping the tire from its rim. The machine is primarily de- I signed for placing a tire on its rim and includes novel means for compressing an outer casing about its filler member, so thatthe clincher edges of the outer casing may readily enter a rim. As considerable pressure is 3 necessary for such an operation, the machine has been constructed so as to withstand rough usage and permit of the mounting and dismounting of a tire, relative to its rim, to be safely and quickly performed.

The machine will be hereinafter specifis cally described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the: drawings, wherein i I y Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine,- partly broken away and partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the machine; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion Y of the machine, and j' 5 Fig. 4 is aidetail sectional view of a portion of the :machine, illustrating a slight modification of my invention. I,

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a suitable base having a central stationary screw or pedestal 2 with the upper end thereof terminating in a head 3. Loosely mounted on the 'head3 so as to have a wobbling or self adjusting movement, relative to said head is a platform 4 preferably circular, with a central raised portion 5 provided with positioning lugs or pegs 6, which are set in from the marginal edges of the a raised portion 5. so as to receive a rim 7. The rim 7 maybe properly held at the marginal edges of the raised portion 5 to receive the clencher edges 8 of an outer casing 9 adapted to contain a filler member 10. The outer casing 9 is of a conventional form and the filler member 10 is of the well known character now on the market and adapted to be used in lieu of a pneumatic inner tube, the filler member possessing a degree of resiliency that will maintain the outer casing 9 normally distended, andyet permit of the outer casing yielding to a certain degree when 'in use. The nature of the filler member 10 is such that considerable'difiiculty is experienced and labor required to mount the clencher edges 8 of the outer casing 9 in the rim 7 and at times considerable pressure is required for mounting and dismounting. On the rim. 7 is placed a guide ring 11. which tapers outwardly from its upper edges to its lower edges so as to form an annular incline or wedge member on which the tire may be placed. as shown in Figs. 221ml 3.

Adjustable on the screw or pedestal 2 is a nut 12 having its upper end provided with a worm wheel 13, and its lower end in a fixed hub 14 having handle bars 15. The elements 14 and 15 constitute a large hand wheel fixed relative to the nut 12 so that the nut may be manually revolved nd raised and lowered on the screw or'pedestal 2. Surrounding the nut 12, between the hand wheel hub 14 and the worm wheel 13 is a table 16 with suitably disposed anti-frictional bearing 17 so that the table may remain stationary during a rotary movement of the nut 12.

The table 1.6 is preferably circular in plan and loosely connected to the peripheral edges thereof are the lower ends 18 of a plurality of hook members 19 extending upwardly through slots 20 in the peripheraledges of the platform, 4, so that the hook members 9 or motive power to the shaft 23, the

may engage over the outer casing 9 of the tire. The manner of connecting the lower ends 18 of the hook members 19 to the table 16 is such that saidjhook. members will be held somewhatuprightfor engagement and disengagement with the tire, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the table 16 may have openings 21 for the lower ends 18 of the hook members 1 9, and said hook members pro- 10 .vided with upper-and lower transverse pins o22. These ,pins will support the hook members relative to the" table and permit of the upper ends of said hook member being swung in a 'lateral' direction so as to be elasily placed in engagement with-the tire or removed therefrom.

On the table 16 is wer means for raising and lowering said tale, and as shown in Fig.

' 1, said power means consists of a shaft 23 in bea'rings24 'and on the table 16, and said shaft may be driven by a motonor from any suitable source of power but has been shown as having a hand wheel 26. The shaft alsov/ha's a worm 27'meshing .with the worm 25 wheel 13, and when the shaft 23 is revolved the nut 12 may be easily and quickly raised or lowered, carrying with it the table 16. The shaft 23 may be constructively arranged so that it may be reciprocated relative to the bearings 24 and 25 "to move the worm 27 out of mesh with the worm wheel 13 and thus permit of the hand wheel, represented by the have slotted extensions 30 integrally formed or detachable relative to said platform and in-these slotted extensions are adjustable supports 31 connected to the hook members 19 by links'or toggles 32. It is possible to set the supports 31 so that besides the hook members having a; downward movement, said hook members will travel inwardly and thus cause a tire to be properly manipulated for seating in'its I In some instances the upper ends of the hook members 19 may be provided with shoes to prevent said hookmember from cutting the outer casing 9 of the .tire and at the same time obtain a better purchase on said tire. To dismount a tire, it is only necessary to elevate the rim 7 relative to the platform 4' and this may be accomplished by providing a suitable spacer member or. support. between the platform 1 and the rim 7, so that there will be sufiicient clearance between the tire and the platform to permit of said tire being pulled downwardly by thehook members 19 and stripped from the In some instances the guide ring 11 may be inverted and used for this purpose. It is thought that the operation and utility 0 1 the machine will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawings there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible elements 14, and '15, being used to adjust the t such variations and modifications as fall table 16 independent ofthe power means. 35 The large horizontal hand wheel may be sWuITg around to raise the table 16, and po sition the hookmembers 19 whereby said members can be swung over the tire, as shown in Fig. 2. Then by applyin'gnhand ut 12 may be lowered .to lower the table 16 and cause the hook members 19 to force the tire downwardly ofl of the guide'ring 11 mp0- sitionwithin the rim 7. Some manual ma-- .4 nipulation of the tire may be necessary during this operation, but to entirely avoid any guidance or manual manipulation of the. tire there s shown in Fig. 4 a hook member 28 that may be substituted for the hook mom'- her 19 to accomplish two operations in connect1on wlth the tire. .P'ivotally' connected to the upper end of the hook member 28 is a :bell' c'rank29 and this bell crank is held so i that 1t may cooperate with the hook member 28 n fojrcmg the tire: downwardly ofi ofthe guide ring 11- and into the rim 7; If the tire is forced downwardly, the bell crank 29 impinges against the upper edge of the 1 guide rmg 11, causing said bell crankto be tilted, and that endof the bell crank engag ing the. outer casing 9 'of the tire foro'es theru pper' clencher edge. 8 'of the tire into the rim- 7, so that the tirew'l seated and held the rim.

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for orcing the rim.

be properly ber are adapted to be pressed to enter a rim,

the combination of a platform adapted to guide ring adapted to be placed on the rim to guide a tire on to the mm, a statlonary pedestal supporting said 1 platform so that said platform ma bbl and seek its own level when. r s fei:

b, .li n I tallfilelillf to bear on the tire, an ad ustable t re downwardly on and into the rim, and

means carried by said tire'engagin members the clencher edge oft etire into W saidpedestal tire en a in memb r 1 moved by said table and adagte d 11% force :h:

-' an machine of the type described com 1 prising rim supporting means, tire guidin means, t re engagin force a tire from sa'i tire guiding means on to a rim, and means carried by the tire en'- gaging members adapted to engage said tire gu1d1ng means and force t e clencher edge of thie tire mto the r I 3. Ii a tire mounting machine whereina t re s adaptedtobe adjusted relative to a run, means for making such adjustm'ent,

' said means comprising a screw edestal pfit rm loosely mounted on the upper 0 nd '120 members adapted i of. said pedestal for supporting the rim a r ied by said table adapted for adjusting said nut adjustable on the screw pedestal, a tahle nut for raising and -loweringsaid table. 10 loosely held on said nut, tire engaging mem- In testimony whereof I afiixsmy signaturebers having the lower ends thereof connected in the presence of two Witnesses.

to the marginal edges of said table and the GEORGE D. BANTA. upper ends thereof the marginal edges of Witnesses: v said platform and adapted to engage the tire KARL BUTLER,

and force it'on to the rim, and means oar- ANNA M. DORR. 

